The Final Destination (2009)

User Rating:

5.1/10   

Director:

David R. Ellis

Writers (WGA):

Eric Bress (written by)
Jeffrey Reddick (characters)

Release Date:

28 August 2009 (USA)

Genre:

Horror | Thriller

Tagline:

Take the trip in Real D 3D

Plot:

After a teen's premonition of a deadly race-car crash helps saves the lives of his peers, Death sets out to collect those who evaded their end. |

Plot Keywords:

Death | Premonition | Milf | Man In Swimsuit | Gore

Cast

Bobby Campo	...	Nick O'Bannon
Shantel VanSanten	...	Lori Milligan
Nick Zano	...	Hunt Wynorski
Haley Webb	...	Janet Cunningham
Mykelti Williamson	...	George Lanter
Krista Allen	...	Samantha Lane
Andrew Fiscella	...	Andy Kewzer
Justin Welborn	...	Carter Daniels
Stephanie Honore	...	Nadia Monroy
Lara Grice	...	Cynthia Daniels
Jackson Walker	...	Jonathan Grove
Phil Austin	...	Samantha's Husband
William Aguillard	...	Kid #1
Brendan Aguillard	...	Kid #2
Juan Kincaid	...	Newscaster

Also Known As:

Final Destination 4 (USA) (working title)
Final Destination: Death Trip (USA) (working title)
Final Destination: Death Trip 3D (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated R for strong violent/gruesome accidents, language and a scene of sexuality.

Runtime:

82 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Certification:

USA:R (certificate #45492) | Australia:MA | Singapore:R21 | Ireland:15A | Singapore:M18 (edited version) | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:18A (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Ontario) | Germany:18 | UK:15 | South Korea:18 | Philippines:R-13 (MTRCB) | Iceland:16 | Japan:R15+ | Portugal:M/16 | Hong Kong:IIB (2D Version) | Hong Kong:III (3D Version) | New Zealand:R16 | Finland:K-18 | Sweden:15

Filming Locations:

Harahan, Louisiana, USA

Company:

FlipZide Pictures

Trivia:

The Racist is seen drinking Hice Pale Ale. This is the same brand of beer that was seen in Final Destination 2 and 3. In Final Destination 2 (2003) their is a drunk driver driving the Hice Pale Pale Beer truck before the pile-up, and in the third movie it drives past the drive-through behind Wendy and Kevin and squishes their truck against the wall. The name 'Hice' comes from the stunt Coordinator Freddie Hice who did the stunt work for Final Destination 2.

Goofs:

Factual errors: Sprinklers work by holding back water with a heat sensitive liquid filled glass bulb or soldered struts and the heat from a fire burst the bulb/melts the solder allowing water out. In the film the sprinkler head is open, with no bulb or struts so the system must be drained down and the main valve shut (or water would be gushing out all the time). In which case you could fire a flamethrower at it, never mind a bit of burning wood, and it wouldn't activate.

Quotes:

Lori: I've got my cowboy right over here.
Janet: Get a room, guys!

Movie Connections:

References Saving Private Ryan (1998)

Soundtrack:

Why Can't We Be Friends

A series of fatally unfortunate events

Arriving on local theaters without the benefit of 3-D, the novelty of "The Final Destination" goes doubly kaput, as it not only lacks inspired deaths and sympathetic characters, but also because the flatness of David R. Ellis' body bag-fodder isn't mitigated by whatever shallow entertainment an additional dimension might have brought.

Eric Bress' script wastes no time in shaping its interchangeable characters as, apparently, Death has to immediately dive into placing its cardboard victims in intricate fatalities that have been the series' central gimmick. Nick (Bobby Campo) experiences a premonition of a disaster in a race track and manages to get a few people out, who would have otherwise died. As per the franchise's tradition, Death won't be cheated and it starts to do anything -- like toppling cans and letting waters drip -- to create a ripple of events that would eliminate the survivors.

Despite showing how lame entertainment can be entertainingly lame with "Snakes on a Plane," Ellis -- who also directed "Final Destination 2" -- doesn't strive for an ounce of creativity, resulting to a terribly disposable fare that fails to hit its its mark despite aiming so low. And as embodied by the narrative shortcuts this gorefest constantly employs, the Rube Goldberg set pieces start to feel less impressive than mechanical, which makes one believe that Death has worked itself too much over the last three installments.